Should you adjust salaries for the cost of living?

In this episode, Andrew and Sean talk about the difficulties of hiring people internationally and domestically, and paying fair enough wages that won’t make you broke.

Show Notes

(0:27) Andrew got roped into volunteering with a local high school robotics team

(4:12) It’s mad hard to hire a product designer

(10:59) One does not simply get hired because one uses hamburger menus

(20:22) There’s always a weird rift between international and domestic employees

(28:38) How do you keep your employees happy when you can’t give them a ping pong table?

(31:38) You can’t pay someone a shit salary just because they’re in Mexico

(40:44) Hiring People: It’s like a transaction, so don’t be shitty

 

Thanks for listening to Small Efforts, a podcast collaboration between Krit and Miscreants. Shoutout to the Hatch Team and Mary Vuong for producing and editing.

 

Links:

• Andrew’s Twitter: @AndrewAskins
• Andrew's website: https://www.andrewaskins.com/
• Chartkit: https://www.chartkit.io/
• Andrew's website: https://www.andrewaskins.com/
• Chartkit: https://www.chartkit.io/
• Krit: https://www.krit.com/ 
• Miscreants: https://www.miscreants.co/ 
• Sean’s Twitter: @seanqsun
• Hatch Team: https://www.hatch.team/

For more information about the podcast, check out https://www.smalleffortspod.com/.

What is Small Efforts - with Sean Sun and Andrew Askins?

Two agency owners and friends talk about cybersecurity, design, and the continuous small efforts it takes to build a business.